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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN I»I. COOPER. T. THOMPSON, EDITOR TKilMS : DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00 All Now Advertisements appear in both papers. LAST WISHES OF A CHILL). All the hedges are in bloom, And the warm west wind is blowing, Let mo leave this stilled room, Let me go where flowers are growing. Look! my cheek is thin and pule, And my pulse is very low, Ere my sight begins to fall, Mother dour, you’ll let me go ! Wus not that the robin's song, Piping through the ensement wide ? I shall not he listening long, Tuke me to the meduw sido. Bear mo to the willow brook— Let mo hear the merry mill— On the orchard 1 must look, Ere my beating heart is still. Faint und fainter grows my breath, Bear mo quickly down the lane ! Mother, dear, this child of death— I silo'll never speak again ! Still the hedges are in bloom, And the warm west wind is blowing, 8till wo sit in silent gloom— O’er her grave the grass is growing. resolutions to each of the States of this Union, and also to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Naval Intelligence.—The U. S. steam frig ate Saranac, now lying at. the navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H., is nearly ready for sea. Her length, from, stem to stern, is 214 feet 9 inches; length between perpendiculars.210 feet; length of keel, 203 feei; breadth of bcum, 37 feet! depth of hold, 23 feet 3 inches. She is built of live oak. in u thorough and workman like manner, and is said to be a benutiml speci men of naval architecture. Hernrmamcnt con sists of two long pivot guns of eight inch eali- bro. weighing eleven thousand eight hundred and ninety pounds each, and four broadside guns of eight inch calibro, weighing six thous and two hundred and sixty-nine pounds each. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1850. The Virginia Resolutions.—The follow ing are the resolutions introduced into the Vir ginia Legislature, on Wednesday, and made the order of the day for Tuesday last. It will be seen, that in addition to the Nash ville Convention, they provided for the calling of a Convention of the people to devise the fullest ana most decided measures of redress, in the event of either of certain specified con- tingences. They broadly and completely give tho sanction of the Legislature of Virginia to the proposed Convention at Nashville, and stamp it with their full approbation. Whereas, the recent action of the General Assembly lipon the Wdmot Proviso and kind red subjects, and in relations to fugitive slaves, has met with no other response from the non- slaveholding States than violent denunciation and a systematic, perseverance in the wrongs of which we compluined : And, whereas, it is apparent that the inev itahle result of such a course of action on the pari of a portion of the Stales must be to excite bitterness, jealousy und distrust among the rest, to kindle the an griest passion*, to extinguish that spirit of con cession and destroy that mutual forbearance and fraternal affection which founded and have sus tained our confederacy, and finally to dissolve the Union itself,; And whereas, we are anxious, if possible to avert the evils which threaten us, and believe thnt the most eflectual'means of do ing this are to bo found in tho cordial union of the whole South for the maintainnnee of the Constitution, and the preservation of tho Union if it can bo preserved, and for their own pre servation, if it cannot: l - Be it therefore Resolved, by the General Assembly of Virginia, Thnt upon the questions tliUB perseveringly and recklessly forced upon the country, Virginia has taken her position, and thnt position will be maintained. Her loy alty to the Union is no matter of empty pro fession. It is stamped upon every page of her history. No State has dono as much to form the Union; none is prepared to do more to perpetuate it in the spirit in which it was formed, and in which alone it can bo pre served. But, loyal as she is, und always has been, it were u fatal error to suppose that Vir ginia will ever consent thnt that Union, to w.iic.h she has looked n as source of happiness und honor, shall be converted into an instru ment of degradation and oppression. 2. Resolved, That in the event of the pas sage of the Wilmot Proviso or of any law abolishing slavery or the slave trade in the Dis trict of Columbia, or between ihe States, Vir ginia will be perpared to unite with her sister slave-holding States in Convention or otherwise, in the adoption of any measures that may be necessary to provide for their mutual defence or to secure their common safety. 3. Resolved, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, a Southern Convention, in which the States as States, are represented, should consist of delegates, selected by the peo ple of the several States in Convention assem bled, who should carry with them nil the au thority derived from such an appointment, and prepared to act foY those whom they represent. 4. Resolved, therefore, That upon tho hap pening of either of the contingencies contem plated in tho second resolution, the Governor be authorized and requested (instead of con vening tho Legislature) to issue his proclama tion for the election of delegates to a State Convention, to take into consideration the mode and measure of redress, to appoint dele gates to a Southern Convention, and to adopt such measuses as the crisis may demand. The Baid delegates to be chosen by each city, coun ty or election district, according to its repre sentation tn th6 House of Delegates, arid to receive the same payment and mileage as ntem- Bt bcisof the General Assembly. Mr 5. Resolved, That regarding the Convention ” proposed to be held at Nashville on the first Monday in June next, as intended to enable the people of the South to take counsel together us to the best and most effectual means of resist ing the aggressions of the North, of enforcing a compliance on their part w'uh their consti tutional obligations, and thereby preserving the Union of these States, now in imminent peril by reason of the course pursued by the non- siave holding States, and their Representative- in Congress, in their ceaseless agitation (and that, too, in the most unfriendly spirit) of ques tions involving the peace, the institutions and the very existence of the Southern States; and approving the objects of said Convention, us above set forth, the General Assembly doth re commend to the good people of this Common wealth, to send delegates thereto; and that, to this end, they hold primary meetings in each city, county, election district in the State, and appoint delegates to a Convention to be held in'each Congressional District in the month of May next, and that the District Conventions, Antagonism ok Color.—Tiio iato alarming riot at Poughkeepsie, New York, it now ap pears grew out of a quarrel between the Irish laborers and the free negroes. We hear a great deal of serious apprehension expressed at the North of revolt mid violence at tho South &,c., but we think the history of tho past few years will show, not only that the greatest dan ger of collision between the races exists in the free States, but that the only protection for jbe black man whilehe inhabits the same soil with the whito man, is in the domestic institutions of the South. Even now, while the proportion of blacks to the white population in tho Northern cities is so small, it is with difficulty that the authori ties cun restrain that class of whites whose daily avocations bring them in contnct and com petition with the blacks, from murdering them by wholesale. Serious cellisians have already taken place more than onco in Cincinnati, Phil adelphia, Trenton, and New Y ork, and many valuable lives have been lost and much pro perty destroyed in attempts to suppress riots which have grown out of thehostiliti between tho races. It this is the cuse now what would it be when the free black population bore a nearer approximation to the whites in point of tium- iers, when they would be strong enough to re sist the whites—and when from the greater ne cessity of employment they would be forced into severer competition with the antagonist class. Encroachment would begin with the whites—resistance would follow from the blacks—violence would be resorted to by the whites—retaliation from the blacks would fol low—the races would be arrayed against each other, as races—blood would be shed, and tho extermination of the colored or inferior race would ensueas inevitably as effect follows cause. No law, no interest, would shield them then. The line would be drawn, and they would be driven forth by the whites as tho Indians have been driven, but they would not fare as the In dians have fared. The black man is not pre pared for the vicisitudes of savage life ; his na turc is not adapted to the habits and modes of Indian existence. He id a domestic being, He could not protect himself in the fastnesses of the wilderness, even if he had the wilderness to fly to. There would be no such escape for him, and while a century has been slowly tell ing the sad story of the red man’s annihilation, a few years would closo the melancholy history of the helpless unfriended African. Let the true philanthropist of the North puuse and consider the danger of placing the two races in an attitude of natural and inevitable an tagonism. Let him reflect how great a wrong he would be doing to the black man, by depriv ing him of that protection which he finds in his present dependent attitude, by which his dearest interests are inseperHbly identified with those of the white man. Tho worst enemies of the black man, are those who would change his present condition, giving him no security of a better one. Monuments and Corner Stones.—We see it stated in the papers that the Virginia House of Delegates have adopted a resolution making provision for the laying of the cornet—.tone of the Washington Monument on the 22d inst.; and directing the Governor to invite tho Presi dent of the United States to be present on the occasion. Will not some calculator of Almanacs, some connoiseur in statistics furnish the public with an estimate of the number of corner-stymes of Monuments and other public works that have been laid in this country, and that have never been thought of afterwards. There are, we know, many corner-stones of Washington Monuments reposing in the ground in various parts of theU. States and yet there are hut two Monuments to the.Futher of his coun try worthy of note in the Union. The one at Bunker Hill, and that in Baltimore. The Vir ginia Monument has been in contemplation many years and a considerable amount of funds had been raised to build it, but the matter had almost been forgotten, and would probably never have got so far as a corner-stone hut for the ladies of that State, who took the matter in band about a year ago, since which time they have not ceased their exertions. And now we seethe first fruits of their efforts. It is said that the country is also indebted to the ladies of Massachusetts for tho completion of the Bunker Hill Monumuent, after'so many years of tedious delay. The Indies of Virginia have already erected a handsome marble statue of HenryCIay, and now tlmt they have taken the Monument to Washington in hand, we may ex pect to see it steadily prosecuted to completion Some fifteen years ago, the corner stone of the Monument to Washington was laid with great paraJe in the beautiful public square which hears his name in Philadelphia, since which time we have heard nothi ng of the structure which was to eclipse nil the other Monuments in the world. If we are not mistaken, the cor ner stone of the Washington Monument was also laid in New York some eight or ten years since. We know the monument was erected on paper, for we saw a b "antiful li thograph o( t, which even excelled in magnificence the celebrated “Dade Institute,’’ which made such a show in the print'shops some years ago. But we have not heard anything more of the New- York Washington Monument. Any other people hut us, with so much to excite their national enthusiasm and veneration would have studded the land over with monu ments to the greatest and best of men, that would have perpetuated his fume while time existed. But the generations that come after us, while fttey will find in digging their founda tions, innumerable evidences of our patriotic intentions, in the Bliape of “cornerstones,” will find but few worthy monuments to the Father of his country nnd his illustrious compatriots, to whom the human family are more indebted than to all the merely mortal men that the woild has ever known. From Tampa Bay—News has been receiv ed from Tampa Bay to the 03d inst. Caplain Casey had not returned from Oho ko nik la. Billy Bow Legs had met Capt. Casey, according to appointment, on 19th, but the result, of the interview wns not positively known, but it was still supposed at Tampa that the object of the Indians was to induce Gen. Twiggs to establish another trading post for them. Rumor says that Bow Legs told Capt. Casey that lie would go West himself, if well paid for it, but tlmt he would not use his influence to induce his people to go. Sam Jone3 did not'eome iti. IP* It is said thafthe Hudson Bay Company have made a proposition to our government to sell all their rights and posessions in Oregon. This proposition has been communicated to the Senate in Executive Session. It is under stood that the Company ask ono million of dollars as the consideration. IP* We learn from the Boston Traveller that public curiosity is to be kept on the qui vivc longer than was anticipated. It has been arranged that the trial of Professor Webster shall not take place before June or .)uly. Lolla Montes.—Young Heald, the poor milksop, who married., the King of Bavaria’s Spanish dancing woman, Loi.la Mon tes, seems to have “driven his pigs to a bad market," as tho saying is. From the day she took the poor creature in tow, she has led him a “deuce of a dance," keeping him in hourly dread of his life, and giving him a rattaningnow and then, just to stir his blood and for her own umusement. A late English paper says: Mr. Ileald has arrived in London. The tem per of his wife is not improved, and she is left at Cadiz, from whence Ileald made his escape with his English servant from the Hotel Isme- nez (where they were staying on ChrUtmns morning) und is supposed to have gone loGi- bralta. 8he was furious. She went in a French steamer that evening with iter two friends, foreigners, who are in her party, to Alaesiras, and sent Ismenez, another man, by land, so that if Ileald did succeed in getting on board the Pacha, she imped to catch him. It is said that the unfortunate man has re solved to embark for New-Y'ork immediately, in order to escape from the virago. This is in deed becoming tho land of tho refugee. [Correapondenco of the Morning News.] MILLEDGEVILLE, Feb. 5. HOUSE OF representatives. Bills Passed.—A Bill for the relief of all of fenders ngninst the late laws of this State, pro- hibiting the introduction of Slaves into the sume for tiie purposes of sale, and prohibiting the sale, offer to sell, or tho purchase of slaves within a certain period after their introduction into this State. A Bill to amend tho act which authorizes parties to compel discoveries at common law. A Bill to repeal an act, passed 23rd Dec. 1835, authorizing the Surveyor General to have recorded all plats of surveys on head rights. A Bill to incorporate the Cherokee Plank or Rail Road Company. A Bill to make it a penal offence for any Con ductor, Fireman, Engineer, or other Officer conducting or managing any Rail Road Car in this State to allow a slave to enter and travel on the same in the absence of the owner or overseer or employer, or without a written per mit for thut express purpose. A Bill to authorize the Central Rail Road Company, the Macon arid Western Rail R 0 ad Company and the South Western Rail Road Company to unite their respective Rail Roais at one common Depot, at or near the city of Macon, and to grant to the said Companies a quantity of land for the said purpose, on tho public reserve, with amendments; this was a substitute of the Senate' to the original Bill, of House “to give a portion of the public reserve near Macon to the South Western Rail Road Company for a Depot.” House adjourned till 7 o’clock, P. M. Col. Benton seems to have gotten into a muss with the exhibitor of tho woolly horse who, since he is deprived of the privilege of shovyiog up the nondescript, seems resolved upon showing up the Colonel. The correspon dent of the Baltimore Clipper notices the ap pearance of a handbill in Washington, of which the following is'a copy : Humbug in High Places.—T. M. Coleman, lately connected with a prosecution entered by Col. Benton, will lecture on Monday Evening, February 4th, at Temperance Hall, on E. street. Subject—Malicious prosecution, and Humbug- go ry in high places. The public are invited to attend. Admission free. To commence 7 o’clopk, P. M. “When Greek meets Greek, then comes, &c.” so constituted, do each select two persons, (one from each of the two political parties of the country,) who shall be delegates to the said Nashville Convention. ,,N , 6. Resolved. That the Governor of this Com monwealth be requested to send a copy, of thrje Suicide.— A Coroner’s inquest wns held yesterday, about, two miles from the city, in the Ogeechee District, on the body of a man by the name of John Cooper, a sli p carpenter by trade, formerly of Aberdeen, Scottland. It appeared in evidence before the jury that the deceased left his boarding house on the 22dult., in a state of mental derangement, and was not seen again until yesterday when he was found suspended by tho neck from the limb of a tree. The jury were of opinion that he had committed suicide. On the 2Gth ult., an advertisement was in set'.ed in the Morning News, asking infor mation of the deceased. He had been in this city nbput two months. Canadian Annexation.—Her Majesty’s government seems to be getting its back up about the proposed annexation of Canada to this country. It is now given out, that the dis patch which Lord Elgin has received, instead of treating the matter with indifference, as wits stated in the English papers brought by the steamer before the last, is very firm and decided in its tone against the annexationists. Among other things, it states, “with regard to the address of the people of Canada in favor of annexation to the United States, I have to inform you that her majesty approves of your having dismissed from iter service those sign ers of the declaration in favor of annexation. Her Majesty considers that the act is scarcely short of treason. She further asserts that she confidentially re lics on the loyalty of the great majority of her Canadian sobjects, and that she has determined to execute all authority that belongs to her for the purpose of maintaining the connection of Cana da with the government of Great Britain. Your Lordship will therefore understand that you are commanded by her Majesty to arr.es to your utmost power any attempt to separate Canada from Great Britian, and bring those guilty before the court of justice. We may "look for another Canada rebellion between this-ond mid-summer. Improvement in Telegkaphing.-A new im provement is announced by an accomplished op erator, in which he is enabled to control two re cording pens at another station, working them independently or together, at will, with'a sin gle wire. This enabled him to from an alpha bet with a double row of dots and lines, in suclt a manner that all the letters are of equal length and none of them exceeding the length of 3 dots. This uniformity obviates the chiefdiffi culty which lias heretofore been experienced in the application of a key-boatd to telegraphs. The inventor believes, that with a proper ma chine for working it, (which is now being con structed) from 200 to 300 letters a minute can be recorded with ease and mathematical cor rectness. Forintercstingdescription of President Taylor’s Levee, see first cage. The New York Tribune, referring to Mr. Clay’s compromise resolution says, “No we are not ready yet for compromise on either side. Thus far our side has lost by compromise and gained by struggles. The lesson must not bo lost." The New York Sunday Times remarks in re ply : When will “our side" he ready for com- protnise? Will it he when the last stage of ex asperation has been reached, when the tocsin of civil war has been sounded or the dissolution of the Union is impending? It will then be “too late-^-too late." CP* The excavations for laying the founda tion, nnd erecting the walls of the Astor Libra ry, are now in progress. The corner-stone of this edifice will, it is expected, be laid some timo in March. Messrs. Bogart and Herrint are the contractors. Mr. Saeltter, of Berlin, is .the architect. Georgetown College.—-A card has been published by a committee of the students of this college, stating that the late difficulty has been amicably settled. They bear strong testi mony to the kind treatment of the faculty of he college. The U. S. Treasury—The amount of public funds in the treasury and the various de positories, on the 28th ult., subject to the draft of the Treasurer, was $6,308,089. Of this amount $2,327,192 was in the hands of the as sistant treasurer, New-York; $1,023,328, as sistant treas. Philadelphia; $841,150, in tho U. S. Mint, Phila., and $100,000 in the branch mint, New-Orleans. The total receipts of the Treasury during the last quarter were $8,305,242 ; expenditures $10,230,038. MILLEDGEVILLE, Feb. 5. IN SENACE. A bill authorizing the Governor to call a Con vention, after many amendments being x>f. ferred by Mr. A. .1. Miller, and rejected, was passed—yeas 31, nays 8. Nays—Anderson, E. Beall, Byrd, Ferrill, Thomas Johnson, A. J. Miller, .1. A. Miller The memorial of Thomas R. R. Coppe, relit- tive to digesting tho statute laws of Georgia, was agreed to. The resolutions of the House, relative to the election of Delegate to the Nashville Cnnvenl tion, was taken up, amended and agreed to, as follows: Both branches of the General Assembly to meet in the Representative Hall, on Monday next, and elect four Delegates, Two Dele gates from each Congsessional District to be elected on tho first Monday in April next. The Governor to issue his proclamation making known the day ; and "an election to be held in the same manner for Members of the Legisla ture. Vacancies to bo filled by the party in which they occur. The bill to incorporate the Manufacturer's Bank of Macon, was lost. The bill to amend the several acts relating to to tho W. & A. R. Road, to provide a Board of Directors for the government of the same, and for other purposes, was passed. [This is Mr. Stell’s substitution for the bill to elect the prin cipal keeper of the Penitentiary, and chief En gineers of the State Road, by the Legislature. The bill of the House to amend an act to re vive and amend the act, to incorporate the Milledgeville R. R. Compnny. The bill to authorize and empower the Plan ter’s and Manufacturing Company of Butts Co. to establish a ferry across the Ocmulgeo River was passed. The last Bill was amended by incorporating James Hope, Frederick Lamback, Wm. E. .Tin kson Rnd others into a company to engage in Manufacturing woolen and cotton fabrics wood, iron, nnd other metals on a tract of land in Burke and Richmond, counties, on McBean, Creek, to be called “tlie McBean Company. ” The Senate adjourned till 9 o’clock to-mor row morning. Yours truly, C. I nr A letter in the New York Herald, dated Cane Haytien, 16th January, states that the new decree and Tariff have been declared, which abolishes the December tariff. That the monoply on coffee has been removed. We arc now told that we can buy wherever we can find it, at whatever prices we please. Already cof fee has advanced from $29 to $60 per 100 pounds. At Port au Prince the tnriff on flour is $58 per bbl. and on clear pork $140 per hbl. There must ho a mistake in the above Remarkable Sleep.—The Massachusetts papers report that Zadock Hersey, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 98, fell asleep at his resi- in Pembroke, Mass., on Monday evening, the 6th Jan. at about 6 o’clock,and slept to the suc ceeding Sunday morning, at 3 o’clock, taking no sustenance but water. He was apparently in a natural sleep, and no particular change took place till 24 hours before death, when his breath continued to grow shorter til! he phased to brea.be. ILP 1 The Ringgold Republican of the 2d inst. says that tho new and splendid Locomotive, the Toccoa, with a passenger and several box cars, made its first trip to Chattanooga over the State road, on Wednesday last. The road has been re-piked and the depressions in the track, caus ed by the unprecedented bad weather, have been raised, Since this has been done every thing seems to glide along with much ease and safety. Charleston Races.—The great Jocky club pyrsc of $1000—four mile heats— was won on Wednesday, by Mr. Singleton’s Capt. Minor; he winning the two first heats. Time,1st o t 7.57—second heat, 7.59. CP* Of die writers of Jane Eyre, and the family of novels by the “Bells,” the London correspondent of the National Intelligencer gives this information : Miss Bronte, the authoress of “Jane Eyre’ and “Shirley” is the survivor of three sisters, Charlotte Emily, and Anne, who each have been before the public under the Hssumed name of Bell; Charlotte as Currer Bell, Emily as Ellis\Bcll. and Anne! as Acton Bell. Emily published a volume of Poems under her as sumed name of Ellis Bell; Emily and Anne wrote “ Wildfell Hall” as Acton Bell ; Eniily and Anne both died consumptive, Jbut Charlotte remains, and we hope will long continue to do so, to amuse and instruct the world with some more of the Incubration of Currer Bi ll. MILLEDGEVILLE, Feb. 6, A. M. IN SENATE. Nothing of much importance has transpired in each branch of the General Assembly this afternoon. An attempt was made in the Sen ate this morning, to reconsider the Bill passed yestordu', authorizing the call of a Convention. It failed most signally—yeas 10, nays 32. Now it may be set down as certain, that Georgia will be in the front rank with her Sis ter’s of the South, to stay Northern nggres-ions, and assert her full participation in all tho rights and immunities guaranteed by the Constitution. The Bill incoiporating the “Manufacturer Bank of Macon,” which was lost yesterday, has been reconsidered this morning, is now uu- der consideration, and with some slight modi fications will probably pass. A meeting of both parties was held on yes terday evening, to select suitable persons to represent Georgia in the Nashvill Convention- The Democrats have selected Charles J. Me* Donald and W. J. McAlister, to be run by the State at large. W. T, Colquitt, and H. V. John son, as alternates. The Whig party wi.ll now* inate this evening at two o’clock. We have good winter weather here. Yours truly CP* The Augusta Constitutionalist says that Mr. Richter, whose invention of perpetual mo tion we mentioned a few days since has sold an interest in his discovery to a company of gen' tlemen of that city. Tho amount has not trans pired. But it is several thousand dollars, with such contingents as may realize for Mr- Richter an ample fortune if the principle shah prove applicable to machinery.